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| | Folklore instruments - The Zampogna |
 | | The “Zampogna” or "bagpipe" (also called “Rampogna”, “Sampugna”, “Zampugna”, “Cornamusa”, “Ciaramedda”, “Ciarambedda”, “Piva”, “Launedda”, “Piffera”, “Calandrone”, ect.) is a |
 | | The mouthpiece is made of a small wooden tube set in the lower part of the instrument, through which the “zampognaro” player lets in the air which from the air bag then goes to the pipes. |
 | | The “Zampogna”, already substituted in the second half of the last century by the accordion first and by the piano later in the Tarantella shows, it still survives exclusively in some Southern communities (Abruzzo, Molise, Calabria, and Sicily) and in Sardegna. |
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